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she called us in december and told us that one of her credit cards was about to start charging a monthly fee. she's had the card for ten years, she didn't want to have to pay an additional charge. this is kind of common. people are getting these charges. >> it's so common lately that people are seeing these charges. what i told you, i think, lana, was that you could opt out of paying this fee by telling the card company that you weren't going to use the card any more. and you were just going to pay off the balance at the current rate with the old fee. but that you should be very careful about doing that. if you wanted to take on a mortgage entitle next year or a car loan. >> did that help you, lana? >> yes, definitely. i'm going to, i'm keeping the card until i am able to secure a mortgage. a loan or a big loan that might come up in the next couple of years. >> well that's terrific news, so lana was helped as well. so jean, try as we might, we're not finding anyone who is really mad at you, yet. >> we'll do our best. i'm sure there's someone, somewhere. >> the book is called "money 911"
she called us in december and told us that one of her credit cards was about to start charging a monthly fee. she's had the card for ten years, she didn't want to have to pay an additional charge. this is kind of common. people are getting these charges. >> it's so common lately that people are seeing these charges. what i told you, i think, lana, was that you could opt out of paying this fee by telling the card company that you weren't going to use the card any more. and you were just...
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that's the word i was going to use. only one thing worse than the cold, and that's the strong winds blowing the cold right into your face. in fact, there was a strong winds in the northeast over the weekend. there were flight delays, two hours or more, from boston down to d.c. matt, i know you'll feel our pain on the plaza in just a little bit. >> we're feeling your pain right now. sorry about that, jeff. we appreciate it. overnight the temperatures dipped below zero in minneapolis, minnesota where we find the the weather channel's mike seidel. mike, what about the wind chill there, how is it going? >> it's cold out here, nine below zero here. the wind chill now, 22 below zero. and even though it's cold, we're more than 20 degrees above our record low this morning of about 30 below zero. international falls, talk about a bitter weekend, set records saturday and sunday, nearly 40 below. it's cold all across the country, as jeff mentioned. take you out to chicago, where they were bundled up yesterday against the chill and
that's the word i was going to use. only one thing worse than the cold, and that's the strong winds blowing the cold right into your face. in fact, there was a strong winds in the northeast over the weekend. there were flight delays, two hours or more, from boston down to d.c. matt, i know you'll feel our pain on the plaza in just a little bit. >> we're feeling your pain right now. sorry about that, jeff. we appreciate it. overnight the temperatures dipped below zero in minneapolis,...
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it's not fair to us. many women usually -- >> if you're like me, you're not part of a couple eating this, it's just me. i had a couple of these last night. >> you cannot split a pizza if you're a couple. she definitely has to downsize her pizza, thin crust veggie with light cheese, 150 a slice versus 250 for that. get two different pizzas and eat them together. >> blot the pizza and you save -- >> 120 calories. >> that's the biggest pizza we've ever seen. >> we're talking about portions. costcoo, people go to stores that sell in bulk and think i'm going to save money, get a ton of snacks, cereals, et cetera. >> the costco effect. if you stockpile your snacks you'll eat 92% more without realizing it. keep a food journal or take a sticky note, put th date you open the package. when you go to recycle it or throw it out, you'll see how quickly you went through it. you might be better off spending extra money on a smaller portion. >> or going more frequently to the store. >> pms cravings. >> what? >> you knew
it's not fair to us. many women usually -- >> if you're like me, you're not part of a couple eating this, it's just me. i had a couple of these last night. >> you cannot split a pizza if you're a couple. she definitely has to downsize her pizza, thin crust veggie with light cheese, 150 a slice versus 250 for that. get two different pizzas and eat them together. >> blot the pizza and you save -- >> 120 calories. >> that's the biggest pizza we've ever seen. >>...
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doug is joining us this morning. doug, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so the first question i have to ask is why? why would you want to enter a den where a bear lives to put in and install a camera like this? >> well, we want to know what in the world is going on in there. i mean since the dawn of man this has been a hidden world. we don't know what they do, we don't know how often they sleep, do they scratch all the time, just what goes on there. i personally was really curious about any hidden world, whether it's the bottom of the ocean or whether it's in a beaver lodge or in a bear den. >> you've done this before. this isn't the first time you've photographed bears. is this the first time you've done one who's about to give birth? >>. >> hopefully, we have no way of knowing for sure. but she's three years old next week so she should be pregnant, she should -- she's very much up to weight, so she should have one to two to three healthy cubs. and we did it before in '99, but we just didn't have any cubs bo
doug is joining us this morning. doug, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so the first question i have to ask is why? why would you want to enter a den where a bear lives to put in and install a camera like this? >> well, we want to know what in the world is going on in there. i mean since the dawn of man this has been a hidden world. we don't know what they do, we don't know how often they sleep, do they scratch all the time, just what goes on there. i personally was...
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we have calling cards if you need to get in touch with us. there are several press conferences that are going to be held on the technical aspect of it. some of them will be from our organizations but there are others that will be analyzing from a technical point of view. thank you for taking our word. >> now more reaction from the court's decision, new york senator charles schumer announced hearings on cam spaineding. he was joined by congressman chris van holland head of campaign efforts for democrats in the house and democratic caucus chairman john larsen and other house democrats. this is 50 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. i am proud to be joined by my friend. we are each taking the lead in our respective bodies on this case. this morning, the supreme court announced its opinion in citizens united. while my staff and i are still reviewing the opinion, this much is clear. the roberts court have turned back the clock on our democrat by over a century. this disaster decision paved the way for a free around limited spending in our electio
we have calling cards if you need to get in touch with us. there are several press conferences that are going to be held on the technical aspect of it. some of them will be from our organizations but there are others that will be analyzing from a technical point of view. thank you for taking our word. >> now more reaction from the court's decision, new york senator charles schumer announced hearings on cam spaineding. he was joined by congressman chris van holland head of campaign efforts...
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to use these. google as elaborate strategies for application programming interfaces for most of its services and provides the most superficial access to google books. for a company that thrives on openness and empowerment of users google books is to me a bit of a puzzle. with much fanfare google has recently launched out of internal education what it calls a deliberation front to ensure portability of data and openness. on dataliberation.org which i encourage you to visit these list 25 google project on how to maximize their portability and openness. these are all of the main services at google. it is nowhere to be seen on this site. includes user created data such as the library features not to mention all of the data we have paid for with our tax dollars and tuition. they put their revolutionary first on one side, on the other side, colleagues with a circumscribe group of authors and publishers, through a settlement that few in the academy support. others have done an admirable job explaining the
to use these. google as elaborate strategies for application programming interfaces for most of its services and provides the most superficial access to google books. for a company that thrives on openness and empowerment of users google books is to me a bit of a puzzle. with much fanfare google has recently launched out of internal education what it calls a deliberation front to ensure portability of data and openness. on dataliberation.org which i encourage you to visit these list 25 google...
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later, the use of political cartoons. at noon, a call-in show from earlier with russian prime minister vladimir putin. tonight, we finished our week- long series with supreme court justices. starting at 8:00 eastern, a conversation with the newest member of the court, justice sonia sotomayor. and then former justice sandra day o'connor. and coming up this hour, a conversation on immigration. the immigration policy center and the policy for immigration studies will join us. better that, the obama administration plus handling of foreign policy and diplomacy. a professor from georgetown school of foreign service is our guest. live from the nation's capital, this is "washington journal."
later, the use of political cartoons. at noon, a call-in show from earlier with russian prime minister vladimir putin. tonight, we finished our week- long series with supreme court justices. starting at 8:00 eastern, a conversation with the newest member of the court, justice sonia sotomayor. and then former justice sandra day o'connor. and coming up this hour, a conversation on immigration. the immigration policy center and the policy for immigration studies will join us. better that, the...
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because, my friends, our renewal lies before us, not behind us. [applause] >> and even as we acknowledge the sincere shared sacrifice we have endured in recent years, we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that we have accomplished some things that no other state has been able to do. we have followed a plan and defied our circumstances to protect our investment in the future. california recently announced a 32% tuition increase at its state universities. ohio has held tuition to the lowest increase in the nation over the last three years. [applause] >> a thank you. and my friends, that's one important reason why we now have 65591 more ohioans enrolled in our public colleges and universities than we had in the year 2006. [applause] >> next door in indiana they are in the process right now of slashing $300 million in state funds from their primary and secondary schools. in georgia, school funding was cut by $440 million. and at least 20 other states are inflicting serious cuts on their school systems. but in ohio, in ohio, we are not going backward on
because, my friends, our renewal lies before us, not behind us. [applause] >> and even as we acknowledge the sincere shared sacrifice we have endured in recent years, we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that we have accomplished some things that no other state has been able to do. we have followed a plan and defied our circumstances to protect our investment in the future. california recently announced a 32% tuition increase at its state universities. ohio has held tuition to the lowest...
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thank you for having us. and thank you for bringing out general jones to talk about where they are going. >> thank you. >> i wanted to address one issue that was raised by the questions on the afghanistan issue. they have not overcome the difficulty from the civil war in the 1990's. i think that this is often overplayed. i was thrilled that there was one more thing that came out of the last round of elections, that no serious candidate was playing at the cards. i do not agree with the state about the impossibility of an afghan national army. this has been one of the successful highlights with the ability to work effectively together when properly trained, and given a good mission. i think this leads to a larger question. one of the big things about where we are at in afghanistan is that we have been down for so long, it looks like we are up from here. there is a tremendous amount of potential. this is in the resources and the people, and after eight years, the fact that they are still so supportive of interna
thank you for having us. and thank you for bringing out general jones to talk about where they are going. >> thank you. >> i wanted to address one issue that was raised by the questions on the afghanistan issue. they have not overcome the difficulty from the civil war in the 1990's. i think that this is often overplayed. i was thrilled that there was one more thing that came out of the last round of elections, that no serious candidate was playing at the cards. i do not agree with...
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we didn't just use the term leadership. we use the term officer ship. if you look on page six and seven of our report we say specifically what we think happened here. we believe that some of the signs were clearly messed or they were ignored. i can't tell you which, and i can't go further than that because of the nature of the restrictions that -- the information that is in the restricted annex. but there is no doubt in my mind or secretary west's mind that there are issues here and if there were not so we would not have said that to the secretary defense. with regard to the intelligence matters -- we did not do the intelligence review. the president had already outlined and authorized a review and we were giving specific guidance do not interfere. with that said, mr. chairman, since the review team began this action there's been a number of things in the public domain that tell us there is agreement that the dissemination of information process needs to be improved and there was a release on friday by the fbi that talked about the improvements that are
we didn't just use the term leadership. we use the term officer ship. if you look on page six and seven of our report we say specifically what we think happened here. we believe that some of the signs were clearly messed or they were ignored. i can't tell you which, and i can't go further than that because of the nature of the restrictions that -- the information that is in the restricted annex. but there is no doubt in my mind or secretary west's mind that there are issues here and if there...
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many of us buy insurance to protect us from those risks. insurance companies can never fully protect from the emotional traumaof an auto accident. farmers insurance and the other members of the advocates board, the other insurance company members, believe that passing effective laws will do our policyholders a favor we cannot do them. i think they would much rather avoid the accident then have us pay for. they would much rather have that date bacy back. without assertive legislative actions, the type of action you see in the 2009 s stand up act, we will all be disposed even more unnecessary risks. i ask you to take a moment and take a little journey with me. if you close your eyes and think about nighttime on a two-lane road driving the speed limit, 45 miles per hour, and driving in thone direction. another car comes in the other direction. as one author calls this, public trust at that moment. public trust of an idea that person will act responsibly. think about being behind your will and what is happening behind the other wheel. is it som
many of us buy insurance to protect us from those risks. insurance companies can never fully protect from the emotional traumaof an auto accident. farmers insurance and the other members of the advocates board, the other insurance company members, believe that passing effective laws will do our policyholders a favor we cannot do them. i think they would much rather avoid the accident then have us pay for. they would much rather have that date bacy back. without assertive legislative actions,...
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that is a useful approach. it could be useful going forward regardless of the issue of making up for the past actions of the taxpayers in terms of charging financial firms for the risk of larger liabilities. >> thank you. ms. minow? >> i agree. >> mr. stiglitz? >> it is important to affect the incentives. if you have the incentive for excessive risk-taking, you will do it. those are also at the organizational level. that is why it is so critical. even when we affect incentives, we will never do it perfectly. sweet constraints on leverage, behavior's, products, derivatives, and finally, for our system to work there has to be transparency. the way the system is set up, it is impossible for capital markets to exercise the discipline that is needed to make our system function well. >> thank you. >> the gentleman from california. >> thank you. i would like to throw out a few thoughts. i am going to suggest to you that the executive compensation issues on which we all agree, the excessive risks, the short- term focus
that is a useful approach. it could be useful going forward regardless of the issue of making up for the past actions of the taxpayers in terms of charging financial firms for the risk of larger liabilities. >> thank you. ms. minow? >> i agree. >> mr. stiglitz? >> it is important to affect the incentives. if you have the incentive for excessive risk-taking, you will do it. those are also at the organizational level. that is why it is so critical. even when we affect...
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us. i remember on that very first day, he told us that he would work for more proactive and balanced stewardship to protect our national parks and open spaces, restore our nation's rivers, resolve our water supply challenges, and address the challenges faced by our native american communities. is he a true to his word or what? [applause] he also told us that our department would be leading the way in changing america's. we're doing just that. it is an inspiration to walk in here every day and work with all of you on the issues that are so important to all americans. it is an inspiration and honor every day to work for secretary salazar and serve the president. thank you mr. secretary for the opportunity to be here with you. [applause] >> thank you, laura. we have had a great 2009 and we are fired up and ready to go for 2010. i am fired up. are you? [applause] come on. [applause] our work truly has just begun. i want to say at the outset that it would not have battled been possible to do t
us. i remember on that very first day, he told us that he would work for more proactive and balanced stewardship to protect our national parks and open spaces, restore our nation's rivers, resolve our water supply challenges, and address the challenges faced by our native american communities. is he a true to his word or what? [applause] he also told us that our department would be leading the way in changing america's. we're doing just that. it is an inspiration to walk in here every day and...
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[applause] charlene and city are with us today. will you join me in recognizing them here in the chamber. [applause] what have we learned from these results into iowans? we learned that the spirit of iowans is not broken regardless of the and adversity we face. as we enter a new decade, a part in the session, and crept into budget, we have some fundamental choices in spite of some real challenges which remain. will we move this date forward by reforming and reorganizing state government? will we continue to be a leader in renewable energy and green job creation and stay on the path to economic recovery? will we continue to make investments in our kids by expanding access to health care and adequate funding for early childhood education and education at all levels? will we fight for the men and women who wear the uniform of the united states military? finally, will we finish our work and overcome the devastations of from the floods and tornadoes and rebuild a stronger, greener, more sustainable state tax [applause] -- sustainable st
[applause] charlene and city are with us today. will you join me in recognizing them here in the chamber. [applause] what have we learned from these results into iowans? we learned that the spirit of iowans is not broken regardless of the and adversity we face. as we enter a new decade, a part in the session, and crept into budget, we have some fundamental choices in spite of some real challenges which remain. will we move this date forward by reforming and reorganizing state government? will...
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it blows up everything to how often they were in use. . you use anything in the speech. click on 'am", and it continues this sentence. wordle.net. >> tomorrow during "washington journal," a chance for you to weigh and for the president's speech and reaction from capitol hill. jeb and selling from taxes -- hebserling from texas. we will take another couple of reporters. a republican from california and a democrat from california, all tomorrow on "washington journal." up next, we want to rebroadcast the president's speech. it runs for one hour and 10 minutes from the house of representatives chamber. and then again the response from gov. bob mcdonnell. the sergeant at arms: madam speaker, the president of the united states. the president: thank you, thank you, thank you. the speaker: members of congress i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. the president: thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank
it blows up everything to how often they were in use. . you use anything in the speech. click on 'am", and it continues this sentence. wordle.net. >> tomorrow during "washington journal," a chance for you to weigh and for the president's speech and reaction from capitol hill. jeb and selling from taxes -- hebserling from texas. we will take another couple of reporters. a republican from california and a democrat from california, all tomorrow on "washington...
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they owed us a lot of money. they literally gave us the cash, in our possession, with respect to the mark to market losses. with respect to the difference, we held the cash. during the period, 32008, we were marking to market, as were our regimen, and we were one of the most aggressive in that, because that was our regiments, and they became very slow in giving margins, such that there was a gap. as a result of our protocol, which does not allow us to take a certain amount of risk, we went out and bought our own protection against their credit, such that the combination of literally the cash that we had and the credit derivatives we had from other big financial institutions -- we also had a margin. we had the cash from them, effective recovering what would have been the loss. >> what was the total -- effectively covering what would have been the loss. >> what was the total? >> about $10 billion of exposure, against which i think we had $7.50 billion in cash, literally cash, and $2.50 billion of credit protection.
they owed us a lot of money. they literally gave us the cash, in our possession, with respect to the mark to market losses. with respect to the difference, we held the cash. during the period, 32008, we were marking to market, as were our regimen, and we were one of the most aggressive in that, because that was our regiments, and they became very slow in giving margins, such that there was a gap. as a result of our protocol, which does not allow us to take a certain amount of risk, we went out...
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it is a great victory for us. i know it has been agonizing for us waiting for this decision, but it is an amazing thing to have lived through it for years, and to be told by the bureaucrats at the federal elections commission you cannot do that. you have no first amendment rights, and i think today is a wonderful day to tell the folks at the federal elections commission that they work for the people and the people do not work for them, so i am really honored with this outcome. it is a tremendous victory for the first amendment and for our organization, and thank you very much. i am happy to take any questions. >> [inaudible] the corporate offices have the same rights as people? >> i do not know exactly what the opinion says just yet, but it is a great day for every person in america -- whether you own stock in a company, whether you run a mom-and-pop grocery store, and by the way, when we put in those several thousand dollars in corporate contributions that this case ended of ending on, they were just like that. t
it is a great victory for us. i know it has been agonizing for us waiting for this decision, but it is an amazing thing to have lived through it for years, and to be told by the bureaucrats at the federal elections commission you cannot do that. you have no first amendment rights, and i think today is a wonderful day to tell the folks at the federal elections commission that they work for the people and the people do not work for them, so i am really honored with this outcome. it is a...
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and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in fact, this particular person was not trained, and pakistan does not change the fact that the inspiration for all of this comes from al qaeda and al qaeda's leadership is based in the remotest areas on the afghanistan/pakistan border. so we concluded without any dissent that this was a national security issue. we could not walk away from it. the second question was therefore, what do we do about it? the answer has been laid out in a serious of speeches and public states by president obama march 27th and december of last year were the two major statements. but ther
and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in...
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it seems to most of us it is not capitalism to -- when government uses billions and billion was taxpayer money to prop up a few well-connected firms. that leads me to two questions. one, has the treasury informed any of these financial giants that we'll not follow too big to fail policies in the future and secondly, do you think we should limit the salaries and excessive salaries and bonuses that are being talked about even today in any of these firms that got taxpayer bailout funds? >> that was a thoughtful question and you asked the right question. in a financial crisis, you faced this choice. you can let it try to burn itself out and let the damage spread to all sorts of innocent victims or you can act to prevent it. knowing that acting to prevent it created the risk that in the future they expect the government to step in and save firms from the consequences of failure that. is at the heart of strategy and financial crisis. to stand back and let it burn is irresponsible. it happened in the great depression and almost to the country. the moral just pragmatic, fair choice and this shou
it seems to most of us it is not capitalism to -- when government uses billions and billion was taxpayer money to prop up a few well-connected firms. that leads me to two questions. one, has the treasury informed any of these financial giants that we'll not follow too big to fail policies in the future and secondly, do you think we should limit the salaries and excessive salaries and bonuses that are being talked about even today in any of these firms that got taxpayer bailout funds? >>...
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thank you all for joining us. my colleagues and i will hang around here for the next half-hour or so if anyone wants to talk further. thanks a lot. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> i am always concerned about the potential unforeseen consequences, unintended consequences of regulations. regulations of any kind act as a tax and when you tax or regulate something you tend to get less and tend to diminish it. >> this weekend on "the communicators" it's easy co create a national broadband plan, net neutrality in the wireless industry. saturday at 6:30 p.m. on c-span. >> now a discussion on immigration and the economy including a report on the economic effect of allowing illegal immigrants to gain legal status. this hour-long event is hosted by the center for american progress and the american immigration council. >> if everyone could take a seed we are going to get started. good morning and welcome to the center for american progress. my name is angela kelley and i'm the vice president for advocacy here. i will
thank you all for joining us. my colleagues and i will hang around here for the next half-hour or so if anyone wants to talk further. thanks a lot. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> i am always concerned about the potential unforeseen consequences, unintended consequences of regulations. regulations of any kind act as a tax and when you tax or regulate something you tend to get less and tend to diminish it. >> this weekend on "the communicators" it's easy co create a...
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than you currently have been using. so that's the point of view here. jim guthrie this morning said near the end of this panel that it really is all about leadership and when we started our work, again, six or seven years ago, we hoped that wasn't true. because if that is true, we felt that the context that urban district leaders work in and the rapid turnover rates, particularly in the largest 100 districts, made it difficult to imagine we'd ever see very much progress. what we found was, it actually is sort of true, and that leadership, strong, strategic leadership at the top is certainly not sufficient, but it is absolutely necessary. and we found no examples of districts that were driving any sort of rapid improvement in any segment of student achievement that didn't have a strong leader, whether at the district level or at the principle level, but that that wasn't sufficient. there were lots of other things that needed to be in place and the things those leaders did actually mattered a great deal. so that's what i
than you currently have been using. so that's the point of view here. jim guthrie this morning said near the end of this panel that it really is all about leadership and when we started our work, again, six or seven years ago, we hoped that wasn't true. because if that is true, we felt that the context that urban district leaders work in and the rapid turnover rates, particularly in the largest 100 districts, made it difficult to imagine we'd ever see very much progress. what we found was, it...
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they are using it as a sanctuary. . . is that your question? >> there is increasing evidence if you want to break it down of the and working together, so i did not know if one girl -- one goal is to focus on -- you are saying we have to get rid of -- >> it is very clear one goal is to help pakistan understand the taliban threat is real and to take action against the afghan taliban in pakistan korean -- pakistan kerrigan -- in pakistan. i do not believe they have moved to the point. frankly, i believe it is the source of conjecture among many people us to when they will begin taking action against the afghan taliban. >> i agree with everything mike said and would add one point. i think to the extent of both pakistan and afghanistan believe we're going to be your and not begin to exit in 2011, the attractiveness of ignoring the afghan taliban in pakistan goes down. >> i wonder if you could tell us to the general was. >> i will tell you that we ask the question of the detainee issue, and i think it is not in any way to say the situation is confusi
they are using it as a sanctuary. . . is that your question? >> there is increasing evidence if you want to break it down of the and working together, so i did not know if one girl -- one goal is to focus on -- you are saying we have to get rid of -- >> it is very clear one goal is to help pakistan understand the taliban threat is real and to take action against the afghan taliban in pakistan korean -- pakistan kerrigan -- in pakistan. i do not believe they have moved to the point....
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many of us buy insurance to protect us from those risks. insurance companies can never fully protect from the emotional traumaof an auto acc never protect whoof from the emotional trauma of an auto accident, and so farmers insurance and the other members of the advocates, the other insurance company members believe that passing effective laws will do the work policyholders a favor we cannot do to them. i think they would much rather avoid the accident than have us pay for it. they would much rather have that day back before the trauma. before a legislative action to prevent people from risking the lives of responsible people, the type of action you see in the 2009 stand-up act we would all be exposed to even more unnecessary risks. , the technology will bring us there. so i ask you to take a moment and take a bold journey with me if you close your eyes and think about being at night on a two-lane road driving the speed limit 45, 55 miles an hour and driving one direction while a car comes the other direction and as one author called this a
many of us buy insurance to protect us from those risks. insurance companies can never fully protect from the emotional traumaof an auto acc never protect whoof from the emotional trauma of an auto accident, and so farmers insurance and the other members of the advocates, the other insurance company members believe that passing effective laws will do the work policyholders a favor we cannot do to them. i think they would much rather avoid the accident than have us pay for it. they would much...
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can you tell us that? i don't think that is getting through. >> thousands of more factories were to close their doors. millions more americans would have lost their jobs. the value of america's houses and savings would have fallen either further. people would have rushed to take their money out of banks. it would have brought about utter collapse. i don't know a better way to say it than that. if people wonder if that was true, all they have to do is look back at what happened in the fall of 2008. you saw the value of american savings fall by almost 40%. trillions of dollars in lost wealth and millions left their homes. thousands and thousands of businesses had to close. that's what happens when you let a crisis get out of control. government should never let that happen. if they don't act and this is important for people to understand. people think it's unfair for the government to act to rescue a financial system. you cannot help an economy recover and create jobs. you can't preserve the value of people'
can you tell us that? i don't think that is getting through. >> thousands of more factories were to close their doors. millions more americans would have lost their jobs. the value of america's houses and savings would have fallen either further. people would have rushed to take their money out of banks. it would have brought about utter collapse. i don't know a better way to say it than that. if people wonder if that was true, all they have to do is look back at what happened in the fall...
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using tablets of modernity. i think 9/11 in many ways has not only should our response over the last eight years, but will continue to shape how we look at international security over the next few decades, if not centuries. this is an environment that is defined by factors that i think are well-known to you all, but i think are important to put in context. increasing globalization where, what happens in one country, can ripple across the world and affect others. i think the recent financial crisis is only underscored the dimensions of the interconnectedness of the world. this is an environment in which there is a proliferation of information, good, bad, indifferent. conspiracy theories, truths, the wikipedia era, the web 2.0 era of social networking, where information is instantaneous, information is widely distributed, and can be had in any corner of the world. it's also an era in which the means of destruction can be catastrophic, and could be available to individuals and networks. i think this recent case of
using tablets of modernity. i think 9/11 in many ways has not only should our response over the last eight years, but will continue to shape how we look at international security over the next few decades, if not centuries. this is an environment that is defined by factors that i think are well-known to you all, but i think are important to put in context. increasing globalization where, what happens in one country, can ripple across the world and affect others. i think the recent financial...
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they have attacked us and are still attacking us. this administration cannot wish that reality away and i don't think they intend to. the threats cannot be negotiated away. but we must do is acknowledge this reality and work to both interrupt the attacks and destroy the organizations that are at war with us. it is a different kind of war, but a real war nonetheless. in this hearing can help us get insight into the failures that occurred in what we need to do in the future. but until the administration and congress fully knowledge the reality of the enemy, i don't think we'll be fully affect this year to the work of the 9/11 commission unified our nation behind the idea that preventing acts of war by traditional law enforcement type needs would not be affect you. they declared we should treat to danger with a new understanding of war. the sad truth is that the administration tends to view this kind untrimmed conflict of wrongly as a law enforcement under, retrieving and the national decision i thought we reached. now we have a policy
they have attacked us and are still attacking us. this administration cannot wish that reality away and i don't think they intend to. the threats cannot be negotiated away. but we must do is acknowledge this reality and work to both interrupt the attacks and destroy the organizations that are at war with us. it is a different kind of war, but a real war nonetheless. in this hearing can help us get insight into the failures that occurred in what we need to do in the future. but until the...
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he has made it very clear to those of us serving in his cabinet that he not only wants us to do the best job we possibly can running our own agencies but feels that it is a wasted opportunity if we are not leveraging our assets with our allies the iraq government so there is a lot of very exciting interagency work going on. i work on a very regular basis with everybody from the attorney general to the secretary of education and housing and urban development secretary in ways that really have never happened before. everybody in our agency acknowledges that. while there has always been some talk about this kind of collaborative effort it really has never been systemically approached and it is a commitment that we are making throughout the government. so we have interdepartmental partnerships their interagency council on homelessness which many of you are working on and are familiar with. to the juvenile justice coordinating council which actually meets later today, through various interagency working groups on youths that meet on a regular basis and we are doing what we can to make sure th
he has made it very clear to those of us serving in his cabinet that he not only wants us to do the best job we possibly can running our own agencies but feels that it is a wasted opportunity if we are not leveraging our assets with our allies the iraq government so there is a lot of very exciting interagency work going on. i work on a very regular basis with everybody from the attorney general to the secretary of education and housing and urban development secretary in ways that really have...
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bridgett more difficult for us to check it. -- more difficult for us to check it. [unintelligible] we have a good idea of how to stop guys trying to blow up a plan over detroit. the technology is there. we need to make sure that the people who need to use the technology can use it properly. and we do to help? >> thanks for your comments. i think there will be budget implications. my view is, and i want to go back to a point that the senator asked me, the privacy vs. security issues that kids raised in connection with a whole body scanners. we do look at privacy issues from the get go. ultimately, the question is, what do we need to do to protect the security of the flying public even at the take to deal with privacy. security is the number one concern. one thing that this committee and the congress can't do in addition to that is setting public expectation. we are doing and will continue to do everything we can do to prevent this kind of yvette from ever happening again. from whatever source anywhere around the world, there is no one silver bullet. yes we can push
bridgett more difficult for us to check it. -- more difficult for us to check it. [unintelligible] we have a good idea of how to stop guys trying to blow up a plan over detroit. the technology is there. we need to make sure that the people who need to use the technology can use it properly. and we do to help? >> thanks for your comments. i think there will be budget implications. my view is, and i want to go back to a point that the senator asked me, the privacy vs. security issues that...
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he is also with us today. he is a member of the club, of course, and he will be the newsmakers' chair for 2010. he is a reporter. i also want to thank some others, a press club member who has helped us put together things. today, we are going to address the health-care bill, so that is centered in the negotiations right now between the house and the senate. we are pleased to welcome to the national press club henry mcmaster, one of 13 state attorneys general to send a letter to harry reid and nancy pelosi, protesting a provision of the health-care bill that obligates the federal government to pick up the entire cost of medicaid expansion in nebraska. critics call it the cornhuskers to kick back, designed to secure the votes of senator ben nelson for the health-care bill. mr. mcmaster will explain why he and the other state attorneys general believe it is not lawful. today, he weighs into another controversial and potentially dangerous area, health-care reform, so, welcome, henry mcmaster. >> those prosecutions
he is also with us today. he is a member of the club, of course, and he will be the newsmakers' chair for 2010. he is a reporter. i also want to thank some others, a press club member who has helped us put together things. today, we are going to address the health-care bill, so that is centered in the negotiations right now between the house and the senate. we are pleased to welcome to the national press club henry mcmaster, one of 13 state attorneys general to send a letter to harry reid and...
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so that's the second use. third use is outside washington, d.c. you can use paid media to, again, raise the visibility of the issue. one of the things that we did once is when i was with working on another clean air campaign, we ran ads on the need for more fuel-efficient cars in a place, and the representative who we were aiming at, his wife heard them on the radio back home. and she made it clear to her husband that he needed to be good on this issue. and so we were able to raise the visibility of the issue by running them at home. in addition, you can use them to persuade, to seek the support of an elected official before a decision is made. now, that example we said, you know, be sure to call congressman x and get him to vote for cleaner car cans. cars. and, in fact, we ran the ad so much that his wife went to one of our champions on the committee, another congressman, and said, please, take off the ads. we'll vote with you, okay? and so the ad was very successful in persuading the congressman to support our position. so you can use them to pe
so that's the second use. third use is outside washington, d.c. you can use paid media to, again, raise the visibility of the issue. one of the things that we did once is when i was with working on another clean air campaign, we ran ads on the need for more fuel-efficient cars in a place, and the representative who we were aiming at, his wife heard them on the radio back home. and she made it clear to her husband that he needed to be good on this issue. and so we were able to raise the...
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that is new to us. that is something of a surprise, but it is the way we have to move in the future. the fascinating thing to me is that as the incentives of the health reform package are moving through an materializing and people are seeing what they are, for the first time i'm hearing that the conversations in our conference rooms in meetings where we say, ok, how could we as large groups of people, surgeons working with anesthesiologists, primary physicians and others, make it so that we have a package of care that is smarter and less costly? host: i want to show you a few of the headlines regarding healthcare in the morning newspapers today. from "the washington times," "pelosi sees democrats close on health care." stories about the use of the excise tax on high-cost insurance, the difference between the house and senate. nework times," "obama cost insurance." in "the washington "experts remain skeptical of taxing health benefits." finally come in "the wall street journal," it david wessel writes ab
that is new to us. that is something of a surprise, but it is the way we have to move in the future. the fascinating thing to me is that as the incentives of the health reform package are moving through an materializing and people are seeing what they are, for the first time i'm hearing that the conversations in our conference rooms in meetings where we say, ok, how could we as large groups of people, surgeons working with anesthesiologists, primary physicians and others, make it so that we...
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but here is the experiment i would like us to conduct. >> do you use to work at the imf? so the stamp of approval is not necessarily a good thing? >> not necessarily a good thing. [laughter] i want to have a thought experiment. supposing we had started this crisis, we went into this crisis at 60% of the debt to gdp and added 40% roughly 100% of gdp that i think what spoke psychologically might spook markets and the other contrast i have is china went into this crisis with public debt 20% of gdp, and in some ways the chinese were highly affected by the crisis because there was exporting so much that when the demand collapsed in the world economy their exports took a beating. but because the public debt to the gdp was so low the the fiscal ammunition to throw everything at the problem to recover and from my own country india is 80% of gdp wasn't able to do the same thing so while i think 60% is a good target to aim i think looking experience in this crisis, you know, and good times especially if we get growth going forward i would be much more comfortable with something eve
but here is the experiment i would like us to conduct. >> do you use to work at the imf? so the stamp of approval is not necessarily a good thing? >> not necessarily a good thing. [laughter] i want to have a thought experiment. supposing we had started this crisis, we went into this crisis at 60% of the debt to gdp and added 40% roughly 100% of gdp that i think what spoke psychologically might spook markets and the other contrast i have is china went into this crisis with public...
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sometimes a candidate speaking to the camera, sometimes we use humor, sometimes we use the motion. it just really depends on the situation and what's going to work best for your candidate. number three, we really do try to do something unexpected for political ads, with humor or high production dice. people are expecting that in political ads. i try to avoid clichÉ as much as i can. it's a little unavoidable in political advertising. when we can, we try to avoid that. the first thing i'm going to show you is from the obama 30 minute show. is really the first, this first example hits nearly every point in that list that i mentioned, except the part about taking a vantage of your opponents mistakes. we made a conscious decision in the 30 minute show to not talk about john mccain. we show him in one brief scene. i should be a little bit about the story of the making of that ad. this will take just a minute or two. i got a call for weeks in today's before the air date by jim margolis who was one of the two lead ever tiding firms. and he asked if i was able to help with this. i said of
sometimes a candidate speaking to the camera, sometimes we use humor, sometimes we use the motion. it just really depends on the situation and what's going to work best for your candidate. number three, we really do try to do something unexpected for political ads, with humor or high production dice. people are expecting that in political ads. i try to avoid clichÉ as much as i can. it's a little unavoidable in political advertising. when we can, we try to avoid that. the first thing i'm going...
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they have attacked us and are still attacking us. this administration cannot wish that reality away and i don't think they intend to. the threat cannot be negotiated away. but we must do is acknowledge this reality and work to vote and interrupt the attacks and destroys the organizations that are at war with us. it is a different kind of war but real nonetheless. and this hearing can help us get insight into the failure that occurred and what we need to do in the future but until the administration and congress fully acknowledge the reality of the enemy i don't think we will be fully effective. the work of the 9/11 commission unified our nation behind the idea that preventing act of war by traditional law enforcement techniques would not be effective. they declared we should treat this danger with a new understanding of how war. the truth is that the administration intends to view this conflict wrongly as a law enforcement act matter now. retreating from that national decision i thought we have reached. now we have a policy that prev
they have attacked us and are still attacking us. this administration cannot wish that reality away and i don't think they intend to. the threat cannot be negotiated away. but we must do is acknowledge this reality and work to vote and interrupt the attacks and destroys the organizations that are at war with us. it is a different kind of war but real nonetheless. and this hearing can help us get insight into the failure that occurred and what we need to do in the future but until the...
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let us begin. president obama and members in congress are now in final -- the final stage of having out a national health-care bill. there is a real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill for its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote on a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you and a pleasure to be here. i think the institute. i thank you for your question. the health care bill being proposed in washington is broken by the bad deal -- by the back room deals. we need to start over. we have health care here in massachusetts. 98% of our people are already insured. we have done it. we do not need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts, spending $500 million on medicare? we know we need to reform and that is something we're going to be doing very shortly. to think that we need of one size fits all plan from congress, coming down here and hurting what we have? that is one
let us begin. president obama and members in congress are now in final -- the final stage of having out a national health-care bill. there is a real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill for its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote on a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you and a pleasure to be here. i think the institute. i thank you for your question. the health...
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stay with us. chuck bell will be back with your forecast and when things might warm up. >>> yesterday was cold and then i woke up and stepped outside. >> yesterday morning was a vacation compared to today. very cold outside this morning. even colder than yesterday morning. this time yesterday we were in the mid-20s. today we're in the mid-to-upper teens across the area. the wind has gone a whole lot of nowhere during the overnight hours. usually a wind like a gentleman goes to bed at sunset. >> didn't know that saying. >> it's an old saying. you're not an old person. that wind did not go to bed at all last night. it stayed up all night long. the wind will blow again all day today, probably won't ease up until after sundown this evening. be ready for a bundle up kind of afternoon. on your sunday morning, generally clear sky overhead. no precipitation in the forecast. that's welcomed news because of course it would be frozen just like the rest of us down here. 17 degrees our current temperature in d.
stay with us. chuck bell will be back with your forecast and when things might warm up. >>> yesterday was cold and then i woke up and stepped outside. >> yesterday morning was a vacation compared to today. very cold outside this morning. even colder than yesterday morning. this time yesterday we were in the mid-20s. today we're in the mid-to-upper teens across the area. the wind has gone a whole lot of nowhere during the overnight hours. usually a wind like a gentleman goes to...
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i cheered. >> use diet? >> did you see it? >> he started off the first question-- >> you have a new book if i am to believe the press, called "my paper chase" true stories of vanished times. you, sir r. anitere, former editor of two of the greatest newspapers in the world, "the sunday times," the times of london. your actually old enough to remember the mandrell and empire. [laughter] and yet you don't write this book until you are 81 years old. did you not accomplish anything until you are late '70s? [laughter] >> i couldn't very wellspring out of the whelm with the form of a newspaper in my hand. my life was writing and editing newspapers and books, and then don't forget, every story, every night had to have a climax and now the climaxes tonight. i am on the colbert report. [applause] >> the next edition will have me in it. >> my book is available as mr. gore would say at friendly local bookstores at a ridiculously ridiculous price which does not reflect the blood, sweat, tears and sacrifice. >> i liked him. he made me laugh
i cheered. >> use diet? >> did you see it? >> he started off the first question-- >> you have a new book if i am to believe the press, called "my paper chase" true stories of vanished times. you, sir r. anitere, former editor of two of the greatest newspapers in the world, "the sunday times," the times of london. your actually old enough to remember the mandrell and empire. [laughter] and yet you don't write this book until you are 81 years old. did...
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it's time for us to ensure both. [applause] so i will send you a package of bills this session to hold offenders accountable, to increase the sentencing tools to prosecutors and give more weight to mental health and criminal history when making commitment decisions. recently, we have all been shocked by the tragic loss of our law enforcement officers. leaders of our criminal justice community have come together and with them i propose improvement to communications throughout the justice system. how bail is administered in our state and how the interstate system can better provide public safety to washingtonians. surviving spouse must be entitled to retirement benefits regardless of a fallen officer's length of service and for the children it is our duty to make available to them a college education. these proposals have been carefully crafted with the help and expertise of the law enforcement community. they are measured and they are thoughtful and they ensure from tragedies we learn and take action and do the right
it's time for us to ensure both. [applause] so i will send you a package of bills this session to hold offenders accountable, to increase the sentencing tools to prosecutors and give more weight to mental health and criminal history when making commitment decisions. recently, we have all been shocked by the tragic loss of our law enforcement officers. leaders of our criminal justice community have come together and with them i propose improvement to communications throughout the justice system....
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none of us is irreplaceable. none of us are indispensable. this is think otherwise a dangerous. the work to make our nation a more perfect union began long before i was elected to the senate. it will go on long after i am gone. our country is a work in progress. i am confident it always will be. that is what i thought about as i stood on that hillside in arlington on christmas eve morning. that is what i talked about with jackie over this holiday season. that is how i came to the conclusion that the long see the american history there are moments for each elected public official to step aside and let someone else to step up. this is my moment to step aside. there will be time to reflect a more details on the years i have spent some public service. there will be time to celebrate victories and more and setbacks, a share last and memories and to gain profusely the talented, tireless, and numerous others, many of them are here today to lead made by senate work possible. that time is not now. i still have one year left of the contract. one year from this week, our state will have a
none of us is irreplaceable. none of us are indispensable. this is think otherwise a dangerous. the work to make our nation a more perfect union began long before i was elected to the senate. it will go on long after i am gone. our country is a work in progress. i am confident it always will be. that is what i thought about as i stood on that hillside in arlington on christmas eve morning. that is what i talked about with jackie over this holiday season. that is how i came to the conclusion...
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it against us. host: if president obama gets health care legislation and signs it, will that be one of the issues that you use in the election? guest: absolutely. health care will be an ongoing issue until it gets resolved in the way when the government doesn't stand between the doctor and the patient and you're looking at a system that is bottom up. the situation is you've created a bureaucracy to solve cost problems. so if cost is the issue, if that's the driver, then what do we need to do to address the costs, to bring those costs down that creates greater competition in the marketplace so insurance companies, there are not only three insurance companies you can go to in my state. i can go to the four over there or the seven that are over there. you create competition. and you do other things. the other thing is if you have 40 million, 33 million, 10 million people who are uninsured, look at the systemic reasons as to why they're uninsured and begin to address that. that again does as the republi
it against us. host: if president obama gets health care legislation and signs it, will that be one of the issues that you use in the election? guest: absolutely. health care will be an ongoing issue until it gets resolved in the way when the government doesn't stand between the doctor and the patient and you're looking at a system that is bottom up. the situation is you've created a bureaucracy to solve cost problems. so if cost is the issue, if that's the driver, then what do we need to do to...
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>> you did, but you didn't afford us any legal proiks. you wanted us to speak versus our attorneys. >> we did give you that opportunity? >> without any legal protection. >> and yet, you continued to evade every opportunity to present your side of the story. the fact that you now appear here and are unwilling to speak to any details and i associate myself with the words of mr. lungren who put it very plainly, simple and to the point the fact of the matter is you used the secret service to say so many nice things about them and what you have done is defy the will of authority. this whole episode has been a stunt and a charade on your part to gain attention and not right so desperately you speak. i want to turn my attention away from you because i don't believe that you have anything to offer this committee and it is my hope that they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. the issue we should be concentrating on is the failures in security. we do not know -- we now know there was at least one other uninvited guest that made it
>> you did, but you didn't afford us any legal proiks. you wanted us to speak versus our attorneys. >> we did give you that opportunity? >> without any legal protection. >> and yet, you continued to evade every opportunity to present your side of the story. the fact that you now appear here and are unwilling to speak to any details and i associate myself with the words of mr. lungren who put it very plainly, simple and to the point the fact of the matter is you used the...